Combined settee bed and couch.



J PHILLIPSON. COMBINED SETTEE BED AND 0011011.

APPLIOATION- FILED JAN. 14,1907.

910,952. Patented Jan. 26, 1909.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 26, 1909.

Application filed January 14, 1907. Serial No. 352,244.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB PnILLIrsoN, a cltizen of the United States of America, and a resident of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Settee Bed and Couch, of'which the following is a specification. j

The main object of this invention is to provlde an improved form of combined settee bed and couch, in which a seat-section and back-section are hinged to an extension su ported on a rocking base, and in which t e parts are so connected and weighted that the base. This object is accomplished by the device shown in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 a side elevation of a device constructed according to this invention, showing the parts folded in the form of a settee. Fig. 2 is a vertical section, on the line 22 of Fig. 3, showing the parts extended in the form of a bed. Fig. 3 is a top plan of the device extended in the form of a bed as shown in Fig. 2.

The drawings show merely theframework of the device without the upholstering which will usually be added thereto.

In the device shown, the seat section 1 is made in the form of a box supported on rollers 2 and 3, said box having, inward of its side-walls 4 and 5, recesses at 6 for receiving the rockers 7. Said recesses are partitioned from the interior storage space of the box, by

inner side walls 8, end walls 9, and top walls 10. The cover-frame 11 is hinged to the seat-box 1 at 12. The back 13 is likewise hinged at 12 to said seat-box. An extension 14 is hinged at 15 to the back 13. The arms 16 and 17 are pivoted respectively to the members 13 and 14 and also pivoted to the cross-roller 18. Y

19 represents cross-slats for the back and the extension 14. r

The extension 14 is provided at its lower end with a rocking base formed by means of the cross-bar 20 and the rockers 7 Each of the rockers 7 is secured to the inside of one of the side bars of the extension 14, and is recessed to receive the rear cross-bar 20. Said rockers 7 are made to project a considerable distance beyond the rear crossbar 20 so as to the rocking base, without injury to the floor.

The weight-bar 21 is made heavy enough to considerably overbalance the weight of the extension 14 when in the horizontal position, and is preferably heavy enough to slightly overbalance the combined weight of said extension 14 andthe movable end of the back 13, when said parts are in the horizonatl position, and when the device is complete in cluding the upholstering.

The operation of the device is as follows: When folded in the form of a settee as shown in Fig. 1, the rockers 7 will be seated in the recesses. To extend the device into the form of a bed as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, it will be necessary for the operator merely to pull the seat section 1 forward. The rocking base, through its weight and resilient'friction surface, will rock forward, without sliding, until the device is extended in the position shown in Figs. 2 and 3. To again fold the device, the operator will merely push the seat section 1 toward the rocking base; the joint between the seat and the back being automatically broken by direct longitudinal pressure onthe front of the seat.

The weight 21, overbalancing the combined weight of the extension 14 and the movable end of the back 13, will break the joint at 15, causing these parts to move upwardly at said joint, so as to be readilyfolded into the position shown in Fig. 1. This requires no efiort, on the part of the operator except the pushing of the seat-section 1 back against the rocking base. The weight 21 is not heavy enough to lift the seat-section or to pull the same forward. When pulled out away from the rocking base, the weight of the seat-section and its friction on the floor will hold the parts in the extended position shown in Figs. 2 and 3, permitting a slight tendency to lift or buckle at the joint 15. Any slight weight, such as the weight of the bedding, will be sufficient to overcome this tendency and hold the parts in the horizontal position while in use as a bed.

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formofabed, through the movement of the 'seatrespectively toward'or away fromssaid lower end,.and a weight secured to said lower end of. said extension, to oyerbalance the combinedweight of said extension and the movable end of said back when in the horizontal position and to cause the joint between said extension and back to be automatically broken ,so as torcause folding of the parts, by

direct longitudinal pressureon the front of the bed; said weight being located rearwardly of the points of contact of said lower end with the floor whenssaid extension is in lowered position.

2.'The combination of a seat, a back hinged thereto, an extension hinged to said back and extending downwardly at the rear thereof, saidextensionhaving its lowerend anchored against sliding along the floor and adapted to rock so as to cause said parts to fold in the form of a settee or to extend in the 1 thereof, said extension having its lower end 1 provided with a rocking base adapted to have resilient frictional rocking contact with the floor, and adapted to rock so as to cause said parts to fold in the form of a settee or to extend in the form of a bed, means connected to and adapted to balance said parts so as to cause the joint between said extension and back to be automatically broken and. the parts to be folded by direct longitudinal pressure on the front of the bed.

Signed at New York, this 10th day of Jan.

JACOB PHILLIPSON. Witnesses R. N. DAVIS, A. B. SIBAGUE. 

